In the first segment, producer Sandra Sunrising Osawa of the Makah discusses issues of race faced by the Chippewa and her film "Lighting the Seventh Fire" which aired during PBS's Point of View series. Hayden Burgess and writer Noenoe Silva discuss Hawaiian sovereignty in the shadow of the Fourth of July in the second segment. Paul Minnis discusses the looting of Native antiquities despite legislation across the Americas in the third segment. The Monte Alban ruins of Oaxaca are highlighted by site worker Elmer Hernandez. The fourth segment reports on the building of a traditional Swinomish smokehouse as the Seyowen religion reemerges after years of being outlawed. The last segment looks at the impact of the publication of "A Circle of Nations: Voices and Visions of Native America" on the imagery of the Native community. National Native News is a nationally broadcast news series that provides news for Native and non-Native Americans from a Native American perspective.